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Long-legged shadows |
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Mississippi sunset |
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She was standing like a candle |
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That hadn't been burned yet |
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The wind was blowin' |
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Clouds like ashes |
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Had my hand in my pocket |
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Reaching for my matches |
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Ican see those |
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Cotton sheets dancin' |
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On her mama's clothesline in my head |
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From my lips a |
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Lucky Strike was danglin' |
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The day was dyin' in a sea of red |
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Then came the night |
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Warm and dark |
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Draggin' its chains |
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Across our hearts |
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The moon was full |
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The grass was wet |
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Makin' us scream makin' us sweat |
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Holdin' on tight |
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It was wrong it was right |
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Then came the night |
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There was a time |
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When love was a flower |
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Now it's a vine |
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Climbin' up the tower |
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And the river just rolls |
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Past the garden |
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Where love won't grow |
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And the ground is hardened |
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I can see the tattered white flag flyin' |
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I can hear the ringin' mission bell |
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Telling of the innocence that's dyin' |
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A sound that i remember oh so well |
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Then came the night |
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Warm and dark |
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Draggin' its chains |
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Across our hearts |
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The moon was full |
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The grass was wet |
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Makin' us scream makin' us sweat |
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Makin' us cling makin' us claw |
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Makin' us rise makin' us fall |
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Breath on breath, skin on skin |
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I can't go back, there again |
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Holdin' on tight |
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It was wrong it was right |
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Then came the night(I remember that sumerI was workin' for her daddyI was still a boyBut i knew i was readyWhen she reached out and took my handShe became a womanANd i became a manI wonder if she still thinks about meThe way i still think about herYou dont forget something like thatThere's only one first time) |
